Separate; distinct from others; individual: opposed to concrete.Consisting of distinct or individual parts; not continuous.In Med., opposed to confluent: as, discrete exanthemata.In botany, not coalescent; distinct.Disjunctive; consisting of parts united by some extrinsic bond of connection. Thus, the notion of “women, sailors, and idiots” is a discrete notion.Discretive; containing exceptions, real or apparent.To separate; discontinue.